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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 475, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 1999DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1999, 5:58 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1999, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1999, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLilburn, GAGwinnett county 911 reported trees and power lines blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1999-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1999-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 102159 RRA
SVRATL
GAC089-135-102245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
558 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 556 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DORAVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   DORAVILLE                   AROUND 600 PM...
   TUCKER                      AROUND 610 PM...
   NORCROSS                    AROUND 615 PM...
   DULUTH                      AROUND 625 PM...
   SNELLVILLE                  AROUND 640 PM EDT...

TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES...UNLESS
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU SEE DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL...CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton34 min
Jul 10, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Murray33 min
Jul 10, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee33 min
Jul 10, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow37 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.